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Art: "APOLLO XII—ART CONCEPT—COMMAND MODULE" by NASA, 1969
Heart & Soul Time
Unit Hymn:
Hymn: "Dare To Do Right"
Unit Folk Songs:
"The Butterfly's Ball"
"Home, Dearie, Home"
Heart & Mind Time
Day 1
Music: "Jazz Me Blues" (2:59)
Music: "Clarinet Marmilade" (2:48)
Video: Here's Why Puerto Rico Is Part of the U.S. — Sort Of
Video: Five Facts You Should Know About Guam
Video: The World After World War 2
Day 2
Korean Conflict Explained (4:35)
Day 3
Rosa Parks Videos:
Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott: 60 Years Later
Rosa Parks Protest Sparks Boycott | Behind The Movement
Larry King Live - 1995: Rosa Parks says she isn't Bitter
Day 4
Video: American Samoa
Video 2: American Samoa
Video: "Love in Our Hearts" (3:14)
Music Video: "I'm Trying to Be Like Jesus" – Emily Brown (3:18)
Day 5
Audio: Martin Luther King Jr.
Music: "Oh Jonah" (2:56)
Day 6
Civil Rights Movement Videos:
Freedom Riders
James Meredith
Day 7
Northern Mariana Island video 1: Saipan
Northern Mariana Island video 2: Tinian
Northern Mariana Island video 3: Guåhan
Northern Mariana Island video 4: Luta
Audio: John F. Kennedy
Video: Gladys Knight & The Pips - "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" (1:09)
Video: Bill Withers - "Lean On Me" (4:04)
Day 8
U.S. Virgin Islands Video: A Former Danish Colony: 7 Facts about the US Virgin Islands
Music: "Kindertotenlieder, IV" (3:02)
Video: "Come Unto Jesus" - Madilyn Paige (3:45)
Day 9
Video: "I Have a Dream speech by Martin Luther King .Jr" (6:46)
Video: "Martin Luther King's Last Speech: I've Been to the Mountaintop" (3:27)
Day 10
Vietnam War Video:
The Vietnam War
Video: "The Art of Norman Rockwell" (2:30)
Day 11
Video: "Relive Apollo 11's Historic Moon Landing" (2:15)
Video: "Astronauts falling on the Moon, NASA Apollo Mission Landed on the Lunar Surface" (2:22)
The following videos are additional resources for those families who want to learn even more: (Age appeal: Theta and older)
Video: "Apollo 11’s journey to the moon, annotated" (5:13)
Video: NASA 60th- How It All Began (5:45)
Video: "NASA 60th- What’s Out There" (3:58)
Video: Elvis Presley - "Blue Suede Shoes" 1956 (2:12)
Day 12
Video: "Make An Impact - Inspirational Video" (2:34)
Video: "Alex Boye—a Mormon, a British-Born Musician, and a Father" (2:42) Note: This video mentions abandonment from his mother and briefly mentions suicide.
Video: Motivational Success Story of Steven Spielberg—How He Became the Greatest Filmmaker in History (3:33)
Video: Maya Lin: Vietnam Veterans Memorial Designer (1:12)
Video: I'm a Mormon, Former Journalist, and Dedicated Mother (2:27)
Video: Take it from Dr. Temple Grandin: 'Explore and Experiment' (3:57)
Day 13
Audio: Ronald Reagan
Day 14
The Cold War & the Berlin Wall Videos:
The Cold War
Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!
The rise and fall of the Berlin Wall - Konrad H. Jarausch (*This video is recommended for families with only Sigma and Omega age children.)
**Bonus** Movie about an attempt to escape East Berlin: Night Crossing
Day 15
Persian Gulf War Video:
Video: Persian Gulf War: Timeline of Operation Desert Storm (5:01)
Day 16
Visiting Mars Video:
Building the Engine That Will Take Us to Mars (8:18)
Alternate Video for Families of Young Children: Curious George- George at the Space Station (5:11)
Day 1
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Day 2
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Day 3
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Day 4
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Day 5
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Day 6
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Day 7
Video: Why do honeybees love hexagons? (3:58)
Day 8
Storytelling Video: "The Old Woman in the Wood" (8:44)
Day 9
None
Day 10
Video: "How Does a Caterpillar Become a Butterfly?" - SciShow Kids (3:57)
Day 11
None
Day 12
Video: Footage of the 1980 Mount St. Helens Eruption (3:47)